Welcome to AMRRIC

AMRRIC is an independent group of Veterinarians, academics, health professionals and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. We work to improve the health and wellbeing of companion animals and improve the overall health and wellbeing of remote Indigenous communities.

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Dog health programs showcased in "The Western Australia Indigenous Storybook"

The Storybook is the first in a series of Indigenous Storybooks showcasing the achievements of Indigenous people and communities across Western Australia. This edition celebrates and shares the good news coming out of the Kimberly and Pilbara region. The dog health programs are featured in the stories "Let"s Work Together" and "A Jouney in Dog Health ".  The storybook is enriched by detailed information about the projects and participants so that each story is a contact point for the authors and organisations involved.

Download The Western Australia Indigenous Storybook (PDF, 204 kb)

Thank you to Dr Honey Nelson for her generous donation

AMRRIC would like to acknowledge the generous donation from veterinarian Honey Nelson of veterinary equipment including surgical instruments, a gaseous anaesthetic machine, monitoring apparatus and boxes of consumables all dedicated to use on veterinary programs in remote communities. The anaesthetic machine was donated to Honey from Mary Hamm, Broken Hill, for ‘Aboriginal dog work in the Northern Territory’. Dr Nelson has serviced communities all across the NT, is passionate about her work and an AMRRIC member who shares AMMRIC’s philosophy and goals.

Some of the equipment will be used in the Barkly Shire helping support their ambitious animal control project.
 

Member of the month - Catherine Tiplady

I joined AMRRIC in 2008 when I was a vet student at the University of Queensland. That year I attended a Qld Health/AMRRIC workshop at the beautiful Yarrabah community near Cairns. I loved every minute and found everyone in AMRRIC and the community to be very welcoming.

Since then, I have graduated as a vet and work part time in practice whilst I undertake postgraduate studies in human/animal abuse at the University of Qld Centre for Animal Welfare and Ethics with Professor Clive Phillips and Dr Deborah Walsh. I have recently published an article in the Australian Veterinary Journal titled, Intimate partner violence and companion animal welfare, coauthored with Dr Deborah Walsh and Professor Clive Phillips. I became interested in studying this area after I saw how a neighbour’s children would appear to enjoy hurting their dog and their mother. It made me wonder why some children seem cruel and others seem kind. I did some reading and learning about this subject and found out that some children who live with violence may copy what they see on animals as this is normal to them. In time, they may grow up to be violent adults. Often, domestic violence goes hand in hand with animal abuse and child abuse and pets are threatened or hurt as a way of frightening the victim and children into submission. Read more.